Division Director    Bob Vallio  ◊  W6RGG
The ARRL is a 501(c)(3) corporation which has its headquarters in Newington, CT.  Your elected Directors serve on the corporation's Board of Directors, without compensation, and are responsible for financial and administrative policy decisions in the day-to-day, and long range operations of the  corporation.  Directors serve for a three-year term, and are voted upon by the members in their geographic division.  They attend meetings of the Board, and also Board Committees of which they are members.   "I invite you to write, call, or e-mail me directly, with your questions or concerns."

The next Folsom ARRL VE exam is Thurs March 28th. 6 pm. Location: Community Event Room in Raley's Grocery Store, 3935 Park Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. For information contact Mike Kirkland, NS6Q at 916-708-8500.
Bob Vallio
Bob Vallio, W6RGG
  
 
PACIFICON 2013 -- Pacific Division Convention  • October 11, 12 & 13 • Marriott Hotel •Santa Clara, CA
Pacificon 2013 will return to the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel.  The Pacific Division convention had the honor of also serving as the ARRL National Convention last year.  Plans are well under way to prepare for the next biggest and best Pacificon ever! 
  
 Vice Director          Jim Tiemstra  ◊  K6JAT
The Programs and Services Committee (PSC) of the League is one of the two standing committees of the Board of Directors. The PSC meets monthly by webinar and on a quarterly basis in person. Two of the quarterly meetings are just prior to the annual meetings of the Board. Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, currently serves as the only Vice Director appointed by the President to the PSC. He also serves as the Chair of the Radio Sport Subcommittee of the PSC. The Radio Sport Subcommittee interfaces with the PSC, and acts as a sounding board to the Advisory Committees and the Awards Committee on radio sport issues.

President Craigie, N3KN, also has appointed Jim to serve on the Centennial Celebration Committee which is planning the celebration and commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the ARRL in 2014. E-mail Jim ►k6jat@arrl.org or call him at 510-569-6963.
Jim Tiemstra
Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT
 

ARRL Board of Directors Convenes in New Orleans for 2013 Annual Meeting

The ARRL Board of Directors held its 2013 Annual Meeting January 18-19, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana, under the chairmanship of President Kay Craigie, N3KN. The Board welcomed two newly elected members to the Board family: Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, and Northwestern Division Vice Director James Pace, K7CEX; Lisenco and Pace were elected in November 2012. At its meeting, the Board set its legislative objectives for the 113th Congress, approved the organization’s amended financial plan, elected members to the Executive Committee (Bob Vallio, W6RGG et al) and ARRL Foundation, bestowed awards and more. (more story) ►Minutes 

Geography of the Pacific Division
 
The Pacific Division of the ARRL includes the State of California from the Oregon border on the north to the lower end of the San Joaquin Valley (Kern Co.); the counties of Alpine and Mono along the Nevada border east of the Sierra Nevada mountains and south of Lake Tahoe; and the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Monterey along the Pacific Ocean south of San Francisco. The inland counties along the Nevada border south of Mono County and the coastal counties south of Monterey County are part of the Southwestern Division.

 
In addition to the part of California described above, the Pacific Division includes all of the States of Nevada and Hawaii and the U. S. Pacific Ocean islands to the west, such as American Samoa, Guam, Saipan, and the Mariana Islands. U. S. military bases and other facilities using AP ZIP Codes are also part of the Pacific Division.

 
Our Pacific Division is divided into seven Sections, and we invite you to check out the Section for your location. You'll find radio clubs, RACES/ARES activities, Hamfests, community service opportunities, radio-oriented youth groups, and much more.
What is Ham Radio?
A housewife in North Carolina makes friends over the radio with another ham in Lithuania. An Ohio teenager uses his computer to upload a digital chess move to an orbiting space satellite, where it's retrieved by a fellow chess enthusiast in Japan. An aircraft engineer in Florida participating in a "DX contest" swaps his call sign and talks to hams in 100 different countries during a single weekend. In California, volunteers save lives as part of their involvement in an emergency response. And from his room in Chicago, a ham's pocket-sized hand-held radio allows him to talk to friends in the Carolinas. This unique mix of fun, public service and convenience is the distinguishing characteristic of Amateur Radio. Although hams get involved for many reasons, they all have in common a basic knowledge of radio technology and operating principles, and pass an examination for the FCC license to operate on radio frequencies known as the "Amateur Bands." These bands are radio frequencies reserved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for use by hams at intervals from just above the AM broadcast band all the way up into extremely high microwave frequencies.  
 
If you have a connection faster than Dial-up:
Listen to this spot, What Is Amateur Radio? (1.3MB)  or View this spot, Take A Moment -- Imagine... (13.7MB) 
or View this version, Take A Moment -- Imagine...   (9.1MB)
 
 

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